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June Vass (she/her) is the editor-in-chief of the Red Phoenix, the Director of the Information Bureau of the American Party of Labor, and a member of the National Writers Union. She is based in Los Angeles, CA.

• U.S. secretly backed Syrian opposition groups, cables released by WikiLeaks show

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Craig Whitlock The State Department has secretly financed Syrian political opposition groups and related projects, including a satellite TV channel that beams anti-government programming into the country, according to previously undisclosed diplomatic cables. The London-based satellite channel, Barada TV,… Read More ›

• Conn. nursing home workers begin strike at 5 homes

  By Editor-in-Chief on July 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  HARTFORD, Conn. — About 700 staff members at five Connecticut nursing homes followed through with a threatened strike on Tuesday to protest what they say are labor concessions imposed by the New Jersey company that owns the facilities. Nurses, nursing… Read More ›

• Why Washington and Moscow want a backroom deal over Syria

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The scene is set for a Clinton-Lavrov meeting that could still ring the death knell for the Assad regime Months of futile diplomatic tussling, UN deadlock and finger-pointing over Syria have boiled down to a dramatic, last-ditch effort this weekend… Read More ›

• Troops have withdrawn from Iraq, but U.S. money hasn’t

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Walter Pincus The State Department is planning to spend up to $115 million to upgrade the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, already its biggest and most expensive in the world, according to pre-solicitation notices published this month. Remember, it… Read More ›

• Game Over: Scans of Over 50 Ron Paul Newsletters

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough. Citing James Kirchick’s piece in The New Republic wasn’t sufficient, because Kirchick could have just been “making everything up.”… Read More ›

• Michael Parenti: U.S. Aggression & Propaganda Against Cuba

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Why the unrelieved U.S. antagonism toward Cuba? by Michael Parenti In recent times, U.S.-Cuban relations have gone from bad to worse. Under the Administration of George W. Bush, the U.S. boycott has been more stringently imposed. Anti-government agitation within Cuba… Read More ›

• Lost in Translation: Did Iran’s President Call for Israel to be “Wiped Off the Map?”

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Experts confirm that Iran’s president did not call for Israel to be ‘wiped off the map’. Reports that he did serve to strengthen western hawks. by Jonathan Steele My recent comment piece explaining how Iran’s president was badly misquoted when… Read More ›

• Obama Trade Document Leaked, Revealing New Corporate Powers And Broken Campaign Promises

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  A critical document from President Barack Obama’s free trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations was leaked online early Wednesday morning, revealing that the administration intends to bestow radical new political powers upon multinational corporations, contradicting prior promises. The leaked document… Read More ›

• Chicago teachers cast overwhelming strike authorization vote

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  CHICAGO – With Chicago teachers facing a hostile mayor and Chicago Board of Education in negotiations for a new contract, 90% of teachers union members have voted to authorize a strike. “This is not a win,” said Chicago Teachers Union… Read More ›

• Suicides are surging among US troops

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 7, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Suicides are surging among America’s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year — the fastest pace in the nation’s decade of war. The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of the year… Read More ›

• Women, children among 18 Afghans dead in NATO wedding strike

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 6, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  A NATO airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Logar has killed 18 people, including women and children, local officials report. A NATO spokesperson said a team had been deployed to investigate the claims of civilian casualties. Afghan authorities say… Read More ›

• CIA Claims Release of its History of the Bay of Pigs Debacle Would “Confuse the Public.”

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 5, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  17 April 2012 UPDATE: Fifty-one years after the failed attempt to invade Cuba, the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Justice continue to claim that releasing the final volume of a CIA history of the debacle would “confuse the public”… Read More ›

• Woman unhappy with care at St. Mary’s hospital is arrested for trespassing, dies in jail

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Anna Brown wasn’t leaving the emergency room quietly. She yelled from a wheelchair at St. Mary’s Health Center security personnel and Richmond Heights police officers that her legs hurt so badly she couldn’t stand. She had already been to two… Read More ›

• US Drone Strikes Kill 33 in Past 24 Hours in Pakistan

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Attack Targeted ‘Associate’ of Maulvi Nazir A pair of US drone strikes against Pakistan’s South Waziristan Agency have killed at least 33 people, 16 in South Waziristan and 17 in North Waziristan and wounded four others in the past 24… Read More ›

• Defense: George Zimmerman in police custody

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  MIAMI (AP) — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, surrendered to police Sunday and was booked into jail after having his bail revoked two days earlier. Zimmerman’s legal team said in… Read More ›